My experiences with Mutt to date: Suggestions for overcoming some issues

[Oleg A. Mamontov]

On Sun, Feb 14, 2021 at 06:39:10PM -0600, boB Stepp wrote:
>On 21/02/14 10:25AM, Angel M Alganza wrote:
>>On Sun, Feb 14, 2021 at 01:10:41AM -0600, boB Stepp wrote:
>>>On 21/02/13 08:03PM, Sam Kuper wrote:
>>
>>>>A queue script is included with msmtp, so you can have the best of both
>>>>worlds :)
>>>>
>>>>https://git.marlam.de/gitweb/?p=msmtp.git;a=blob_plain;f=scripts/msmtpq/README.msmtpq;hb=HEAD
>>
>>>Is there an obvious way forward to check periodically for regaining
>>>the network connection and flushing the queue?
>>
>>From the URL above:
>>
>>msmtp-queue -r -- runs (flushes) all the contents of the queue
>>
>>Try running 'msmtp-queue -r' at your shell. It should trigger sending.
>>
>>Adding 'msmtp-queue -r' as a cron job should do it automatically.
>
>I saw that, but wanted to be sure I wasn't missing any functionality built-in
>due to my lack of understanding or ignorance.
>
>>>If there is built-in functionality to do this, I am not finding it.
>>
>>I haven't found one, but I think it'd go through cron or some other
>>scheduling system.
>
>So it sounds like I wasn't missing anything from what you and Sam are saying.
>I don't send out very many emails; I read far more than I respond to.  My
>Internet connection is usually very reliable.  I am wondering if it is even
>worth the effort for a cron job on this.  I think what you suggest -- an
>manual 'msmtp-queue -r' as needed -- is more than ample for my use case.  For
>that matter, in most instances I don't even mind waiting until I send another
>email which will achieve the same effect.

The same with me :) That's why I have no cronjob for `msmtp-queue -r`
but just two additional mutt macroses:
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macro index <esc>q "!clear; msmtp-queue<enter>"    "show send queue"
macro index <esc>Q "!clear; msmtp-queue -r<enter>" "re-send from queue"
---

>Thank you very much for everyone's suggestions!  My Mutt installation is
>getting better and better and faster and faster!
>
>-- 
>Wishing you only the best,
>
>boB Stepp

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